Leaders deal in hope.
Liberty and equality are magical words.
A general must be a charlatan.
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me
Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.